2021
Impact of Media-Based Negative and Positive Age Stereotypes on Older Individuals’ Mental Health
Levy BR, Chang ES, Lowe S, Provolo N, Slade MD. Impact of Media-Based Negative and Positive Age Stereotypes on Older Individuals’ Mental Health. The Journals Of Gerontology Series B 2021, 77: e70-e75. PMID: 33964154, PMCID: PMC8135987, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbab085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder individualsMental healthCOVID-19 pandemicWorse mental healthType of messagingAge stereotypesBetter mental healthOlder personsPositive age stereotypesInterventionPositive versionYounger participantsHealthActual news storiesPositive messagingInstitutional ageismPandemicIndividualsMedia messagingNeutral conditionsStereotypesHigh Prevalence of Elder Abuse During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk and Resilience Factors
Chang ES, Levy BR. High Prevalence of Elder Abuse During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk and Resilience Factors. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2021, 29: 1152-1159. PMID: 33518464, PMCID: PMC8286979, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2021.01.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder personsMultivariate logistic regression analysisPopulation-based studyLogistic regression analysisHealth care professionalsCOVID-19 pandemicPandemic-related factorsFinal cohortResilience factorsAmerican older adultsHigh prevalenceReduced riskElder abuseCare professionalsPrevalence estimatesProtective factorsOlder adultsPrevalenceStudy sampleRisk of abuseRegression analysisRiskPhysical distancingFinancial strainAbuse
2020
Negative Age Stereotypes Associated with Older Persons' Rejection of COVID‐19 Hospitalization
Levy BR, Provolo N, Chang E, Slade MD. Negative Age Stereotypes Associated with Older Persons' Rejection of COVID‐19 Hospitalization. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2020, 69: 317-318. PMID: 33270903, PMCID: PMC7753589, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16980.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAging in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Avoiding Ageism and Fostering Intergenerational Solidarity
Ayalon L, Chasteen A, Diehl M, Levy B, Neupert SD, Rothermund K, Tesch-Römer C, Wahl HW. Aging in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Avoiding Ageism and Fostering Intergenerational Solidarity. The Journals Of Gerontology Series B 2020, 76: e49-e52. PMID: 32296840, PMCID: PMC7184502, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbaa051.Peer-Reviewed Original Research